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Best way to setup RBR50/RBS50 with Nighthawk x8
Does anyone know the best way I can hook up the following equipment (wirelessly) for best signal output? I have the orbi rbr50 router, orbi rbs50 satellite and the nighthawk x8 ac5300 router.
Couple of suggestions.
ISP Modem> Orbi RBR>RBS<R router wireless bridge mode connected to the SSID of the Orbi.
ISP Modem>R router in router mode with it's wifi disabled>Orbi RBR configured for AP mode<RBS connected to RBR. You could have the R routers wifi enabled running on a different SSID name and different channels in router mode. Maybe problematic should something happen. Can be done though. You would have two SSIDs to pick from.
- Helpful thread, thank you.
Question on the 2 suggested architectures:
ISP > Orbi (wifi) < X8 (wireless bridge to Orbi SSID)
ISP > X8 (wifi off) > Orbi AP (wifi)
Would either of these configurations be able to take advantage of X8's link aggregation for 2x NIC NAS ? *since Orbi doesn't support LACP*
Thanks !No. LAG on the R9000 is only for LAN devices that support LAG, i.e. NAS or LAN switches.
- Thanks, FURRYe !
Would this be a correct statement: every point in the system e.g. X8, NAS, Orbi would need to support LAG ?
Do you know result if say:
ISP modem > X8 (wifi off with LAG to NAS) > Orbi mesh
* Orbi-connected devices (LAN, WAN) would not be able to reach the NAS for access or back-up?
* packet loss or worse from *misconfiguration* ?
* other ?
Thanks !